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Tiger Mount...Animal Cruelty??
kessprit
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I find it disturbing that to get my tiger mount to "go" i smack his hind leg, haunch.. isn't this a kin to a portrayal of animal cruelty... 
Why can't you ride the tiger mount like the horse mounts
Disappointed, in that particular animation.
Why can't you ride the tiger mount like the horse mounts Disappointed, in that particular animation.
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The tiger mount is a preternaturally huge kitty covered by a thick hide and an incredible amount of muscle tissue. Your slap on its hindquarters is not painful.
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...in what way does forcing a giant, fiercely intelligent, free-roaming predatory animal to act as your 'awesome horse' NOT represent animal cruelty? Slapping it on the backside is far less damaging than riding the thing in the first place.
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I have a yeth thing myself however and agree the animation is annoying, I dislike it, regardless of the "cruelty" aspect.
Plus this is a fantasy universe.
I agree...I am more annoyed by seeing the actual animation as oppose to anything else.
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Do i agree with animals being overtly pushed in that sense errmm no..
In any fantasy setting you would imagine any form of mount being treated in far worse ways than a casual slap on the ruttocks, horses would be ridden until death in most cases (unless prized stallions etc ) as that would of been the view in that time/environment.
Neverwinter isnt the here and now an thus shouldnt be judged with the same brush.
I ride horses. When I need it to go NOW, I sometimes smack it's rump. Same thing. At least your tiger isn't subjected to a riding crop. Think about that for minute: a riding crop. Cruelty to horses?
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It's not cruelty, it is just how one rides a mount.
Go watch a video on riding an Elephant in Thailand for example, they hit them with a whip or stick (Bigger than a riding crop). Why? Because they cannot feel a jab from a hind leg through that rough skin and need a light whip to get them going.
I will admit though, I find spurs and spikes to be excessive... even for breaking; And this is from someone who used to kill chickens/ducks/pigs with small arms for "supper" growing up.
what? It's a virtual tiger. You're really going to complain about that instead of the 900 other virtual animals you're lighting on fire, filling with arrows, cutting to ribbons, stabbing, or smiting with the divine power of the gods for 15 experience points?
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Even in real life if an animal really doesn't want you doing something... it'll defiantly show you.
EX: Slapping a cat around might cause the cat to start hissing and even retaliate.
Sorry for a bit off topic here, but you're right, animals definitely can tell you how they feel. And sometimes, this can lead to rather funny situations. I remember when my niece was young, and sitting in the sofa next to me. She had a doll she loved to play with, and unfortunately, so did my cat. My niece and cat were playing with the doll together, but when my niece wanted to stop playing, the cat got upset and hissed at her. This scared my niece so much she didn't dare take her doll back (she was four), so I grabbed the doll from the cat and gave it to my niece. This made her happy, but the cat was, to put it mildly, pissed off at me. She hissed and tried to scratch and bite me, so I grabbed her angrily, told her "No!" and tossed her on to the floor. This didn't exactly make the cat happier, so she frowned at me, then walked into the kitchen while hissing like a boiling teapot...
... for about ten minutes, when she returned, very slowly and silently. She practically crawled along the floor to the sofa I was sitting in, then barely raised her head and looked at me. The look in her eyes were priceless. We're talking deep, deep regret and humiliation. I smiled at her and patted at the sofa next to me, so the cat jumped up, crawled up to me and carefully put her head on my thigh. I gently stroke her, and she stared purring like a madman. Just like that, we were best friends again.
(and don't worry, she and my niece became friends again, too.)
The point with all that is that animals definitely have a way of telling you what they feel. So if you are worried you smacking the tiger might be animal cruelty, maybe you should think again. What you should be thinking about is your own safety.
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I think my GWF should shout in open chat "Yippie-Kai-Aye!" every time I mount-up.
I reiterate: it's not annoying, it's laughable. Like the gigantic cartoonish Great Sword that is constantly digging irrigation trenches in the ground whenever a Great Weapon Fighter walks by, especially if they're Dwarf or Halfling! Now just imagine that: you, walking around with a big, heavy piece of iron tied to your back, constantly digging up the dirt, concrete, paver-stones and plumping pipes!
Every. Time. You. Move.
Now THAT'S not just cruelty, that's called cruel and unusual punishment. Seriously, them Tigers got is easy!
I think I understand though. I kinda get attached to my companions, not to the point where I would start a forum thread about it, but I do go out of my way to keep them alive in battles. If there was a way to share my potions with them I would do it.
Think of it this way: it's trained to be ridden on, it's huge and powerful enough to carry a grown person on it's back. It's not gonna hurt it if you give it a nudge to let it know you want it to move. That's what you do when you ride a horse, and as far as I know that's not considered animal cruelty.